HDL Commerce
vs WooCommerce
We'll give it to you straight. Here are the differences, line by line — cost, features, operations and the time it takes to go live. You decide.
The comparison reflects a typical Nordic mid-sized merchant with B2B and B2C needs. WooCommerce and WordPress are trademarks of Automattic and the WordPress Foundation respectively.
Count the whole bill, not just the license.
WooCommerce is free to start with — but the cost shifts to hosting, add-ons, security and operations. Here's the honest picture.
One predictable price
- ✓ Platform, operations, security and updates included
- ✓ No license fees per order or GMV
- ✓ Ready-made integrations — fewer consultant hours
- ✓ Zero upgrade projects over time
Cheap to start, expensive to run
- • Hosting, CDN and security are your responsibility
- • Paid add-ons for B2B, PIM and performance
- • An agency for maintenance and updates
- • Performance and security risk at scale
Switching from WooCommerce? We do the heavy lifting.
Our migration team moves products, customers, orders and URLs for you — with SEO preserved and a controlled, step-by-step transition. Free migration analysis included.
Analysis
We map your WooCommerce store, plugins and integrations. You get a clear plan.
Migration
Catalog, customers, orders and content move over. 301 redirects preserve your SEO.
Integrations
We connect ERP, payments and shipping with ready-made connectors — not custom code.
Live
We go live together, monitor the launch and run operations from there.
What you're wondering before a switch
Do we have to rebuild everything from scratch?+
No. We migrate your existing catalog, customer data and orders. The storefront is built on our headless foundation, but you keep your content, your URLs and your SEO.
How long does a migration take?+
Most merchants are live in a few weeks rather than months. The exact timeline depends on the number of integrations and how customized your current setup is — the free analysis gives you the answer.
What happens to our WooCommerce plugins?+
Most of what you solve with plugins in WooCommerce is built into HDL Commerce — B2B pricing, PIM, performance and multichannel. For the rest, we have ready-made integrations or open APIs.
Do we own our data?+
Always. Your data is yours. Open APIs and lock-in-free export mean you can take everything with you, whenever you want.
Where is the platform hosted?+
In Sweden, on green infrastructure, GDPR-safe and with 99.3% uptime — a higher SLA is available as an add-on. We handle operations, security and updates.
See the difference for yourself.
Book a demo with our commerce architects. We'll show you the platform and run your TCO numbers against WooCommerce.